Skylight.



C. YAUCH.

SKYLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED June, 1913.

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SKYLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY23, 1913.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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SKYLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1913.

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SKYLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1913.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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CHRISTIAN YAUCH, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SKYLIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

Application filed. July 23, 1913. Serial No. 780,661.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN YAUGII, citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Skylights, and declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, suchas will enable otl ers skilled in the art to which it pertainsl to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accom ){lIl 'in drawin swhich 'lorin a part of this specification.

This invention relates to skylights and the novel features will morefully appear hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a perspective of a portion of the ridge and a skylight-bar.Fig. 2 is a perspective of a portion of the abutment and a skylight-bar.Fig. 3 is a perspective of a portion of a complete skylight-bar, aportion of a glazing and glass-holding clip and a weather excludingcross-strip. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of a portion of acompleteskylight-bar. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the same. Fig. 6 is a planview of the core-bar. the stirrup, and the upper gutters supported uponthe core-bar by the stirrup. Fig. 7 is a perspective of the top of askylight-bar showing a port-ion of the glazing in place. Fig. 8 is aperspective of the glass-holding clip. Fig. 9 is a cross-section througha modified form of ridge and adjacent parts showing my ventilator. Fig.10 is a horizontal, longitudinal section through the ridge. Fig. 11 is adetail drawing showing how the screws are fastened to the core-bar.

The ridge is designated as a and-is provided with suitable flanges b tosupport the ends of the skyligl1t-bars,which will be designated, whenreferred to as an entirety, as (1. It is, however, shown in Figs. 4 and5. In Fig. 1 the core-bar or beam d is shown, together with the lowergutters 6. These lower gutters are formed by a single strip of metalbent into a sort of double-L shape, as shown in this figure, over thesides and edge of the core-bar. This core-bar d is provided withdovetailed notches through its sldes along its top edge (Fig. 11). Thesenotches f are adapted to receive the heads of the screws 9.

These heads] can be inserted through the sides of thecore-bar and thenswaged into the dovetailed recess so as to hold them permanently inplace. The lower ttere fits over the top of the core-bar an has holesthrough which the screws 9 may protrude.

The lower end of the skylight-bar c is supported upon the sheet-metalrest it of the abutment 2'. This rest need not be described in detail,as I lay no claim to it and its construction is apparent from thedrawings.

()ne of the chief features of my construction is the use of stirrups j(Figs. 5 and 3) which hook over the top of the core-bar (Z and the metalof the lower gutter c. I use these stirrups at, quite close intervalsalong the core-bar, and these support the upper gutters k. Each of thesegutters is comprises a sheet of metal bent in channel form with thefolded-over edge Zwhieh hooks over the ends of the stirrups adjacentthereto. This folded-over lportion Z forms a seat m which supports theglass. The glazing rests upon the seats m of the lower gutters 70.

Each individual pane of glass is kept from sliding down the incline byglass-liolding clips at of the shape shown in Fig. 8. The clip comprisesessentially a double'L strip which insheathes the sides and the top ofthe lower gutter o. Lips 0 are turned up from the flanges of the clip toengage with the ends of the glass (see Figs. 3 and 8).

The flanges of the clip each have perforations p through which may hookthe ends of the wire 9 (Fig. 3). About this wire is wound adouble-winged lead strip 1'. The wings of this strip are spaced somewhatfrom each other at the outer edges. The

glass resting upon the upper wing has a.

tendency to force the wings together (Fig. l). The wings resist thistendency and hence there is a tight fit between the lead strip and theglass which excludes the weather. The use of lead in the strip isadvisable so that before the job is completed a tool may be run alongthe strip to push it into contact with the glass. This is' pospiblle onaccount of the soft character of the By reason of the use of thestirrups 7' a very thin upper gutter may be used. This allows the makingof the upper gutter out of copper without making the skylight tooexpensive. Eight-ounce copper can be used for this purpose, which wouldnot be possible if it were not for the stirrups which support theglazing load. The stirrups in combination with the upper gutters forminga glazing support can be used in almost any form of skylightconstruction. These gutters and stirrups may be shipped to a customer,who himself may set 7 them in position on any suitable core-bar orrafter.

nuts u are used to tighten the spring clips t upon the cap strip. Thecap strip has two flanges at its bottom which are bent in a somewhatinverted trough-shape to hold the oakum which is packed against theglass when the cap strip is tightened upon the other members. At thelower end of the cap strip 8 the cap strip slopes down so as to decreasethe air inletw (Fig. 4). This limits the amount of ventilation.

In Figs. 9 and a ridge ventilator is shown. The ridge housing :2:comprises two parts, the roof part being spaced from the side portions 1by the bolts 2. This allows a passageway shown by the arrows of Fig. 9.Ventilators 1 are journaled on the ridge bar 2 so as to swing acrossthis passageway. A pair of rods 3 are also pivoted to the ridge bar 2 bythe brackets 4. These carry a plurality of arms 5 which are adapted toengage with the ventilators to swing the ventilators to any desiredposition when the arms are actuated by swinging the crank 6, one beinglocated at each end of the ventilators; A cord 7 drops. from each crankarm to a p0 aoeoase sition where it may be pulled. These ventilators areso balanced that they will remain two or more skylight-bars, providedwith glazing rests, of weather excluding strips comprislng wiresconnected wlth adJacent skylight-bars and extended across theintervening space, and a stri of metal wound around the wire to providetwodiverging wings which may be compressed between panes of overlappingglass, substantially as described.

2. In a skylight, the combination with a core-bar of a plurality ofstirrups placed at relatively short intervals over the core-bar, andgutters comprising relatively thin sheet metal bent to channel-shapewith foldedover outer edges engaging over the adjacent ends of thestirrups, the said bent-over edges forming seats for. the glazing andthe stirvrups taking practically all the load of the glazing,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this spec1fication in the presence oftwowitnesses.

CHRISTIAN YAUCH.

Witnesses:

STUART CJBARNES, VIRGINIA G. SPYRATT.

